Lakewood trailed 30-17 with 3:24 left in the third quarter after junior point guard Cody Day of MG made an acrobatic layup.

Then Matthew Keen got hot from the outside and helped the Cougars close to within 32-26 by the end of that period.

The teams fought to a standstill for the first half of the last period, with MG’s pressing zone defense and Lakewood’s tight man-to-man defense causing turnovers for both teams.

But when Lakewood triple-teamed Burns inside, he passed to a wide-open Ian Roskelley on a back-door cut.

Lakewood cut the lead to the closest it had been since early in the game when Sean Dawson scored to make it 39-35 with 3:01 remaining.

But then MG went on a 10-0 run, thanks to Davis and Burns, to put the game out of reach at 49-35 with 1:20 left.

MG, which was at least a few inches taller at every position, got off to a fast start leading 13-3 after the first quarter. Two put-back shots by Burns in the second quarter after grabbing offensive rebounds led the home team to a 23-13 halftime lead. In the third quarter, an offensive rebound by Lakewood’s 6-3 sophomore Austin Lane was followed by a three-point play by Burns after driving to the hoop and connecting on a free throw.

Lakewood couldn’t hit from the outside, and when it did penetrate the Cougars were plagued by turnovers. Neither team shot well from the free-throw line, especially late in the game. MG was 14-24 and Lakewood 10-20.

Burns, a senior forward, led the Spartans with 18 points, followed by Davis and junior Collin Montez with 8 each, Day with 7, Roskelley and Caleb Koellmer with 5 each, David Koncoski with 2 and Taylor Koellmer with 1.

Keen was the game’s high scorer with 19 for Lakewood, followed by Dawson with 9, David Le with 5, Tyrell Coleman and Sam Linscoth with 4 each, Lane with 2 and Adam Duran with 1.

MG then won another home game against Sedro Woolley 58-55. Burns scored 19, Montez 16 and Day 11 to lead the way.

The MG girls fell to Juanita last week 83-50. Carla Wika scored 18 and Gabrielle Grandbois 11.

Earlier in the week Lakewood beat Lambrick Park B.C. 61-58. Kaleb Duitsman led the way with 17, followed by Keen with 14 and Dawson 13.

The Lakewood girls won two games, first beating Squalicum 63-49 and then Bellingham 57-45. In the first game, Marissa Blair led the Cougar girls with 19 and Emily Senyitko had 17. In the other game, Blair had 22, Jelly Perry 14 and Senyitko 10.

Marysville-Pilchuck boys beat Ferndale 62-61, but then fell to West Seattle 60-43. Josh Bevan scored 20 in the win, with Nate Heckendorf adding 14 and Raequan Battle 11. In the loss, Bevan had 12.

For the M-P girls, they fell to Mount Vernon 60-33, but then beat Vashon Island 51-40. In the loss, Skyleen Inthathirath tallied 11 points. In the win, she had 14 and Dominique Jenkins 13.

Drew Bryson scored 29 and Donovan Sellgren 22 to lead Arlington High School’s boys basketball team to a 63-43 trouncing of Burlington-Edison.

The Tulalip Heritage boys scored two wins, 53-46 over Rainier Christian and 51-43 over Lummi Nation. Against Lummi, Robert Miles scored 23 to lead the winners, with Willy Enick tallying 17. In the other game, Enick scored 19 and Josh Iukes 17.

The Tulalip girls also scored a win over Lummi 65-11. Adiya Jones scored 24 and Cyene Fryberg 13.